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Where do you plan to be for the next Texas eclipse in April 2024? Join me with ICR just east of Dallas. Find out more . . .
My best friend made a three minute video about his “roll-off observatory” in late summer 2020. I recently rediscovered the footage, and immediately cut this . . .
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Out of the hundreds of tools for astronomers available, I find that I keep coming back to a handful of tools that I find most . . .
The internet is replete with resources for astronomers and astrophotographers, and the local astronomy club is indispensable, especially for beginners. That said, however dedicated you . . .
Mars is a funny planet. What you see is not what you get. Most maps of Mars show the features of Mars as seen by . . .
Photographing each planet has their own challenges. I find it useful to divide the planets into three sets: Inner Planets (Venus and Mercury), Outer Bright . . .
SharpCap allows users to add Python scripts to setup and control captures and perform other functions. I recently wrote a Python script to capture Jupiter, . . .
Seeing is the scintillation of the sky that causes star to twinkle. As wonderful as twinkling stars are, bad seeing causes astrophotos to be less . . .